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Cinfonía (f)

(with) definite article: la
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Cornamusa

From Greek συμφωνία (Symfonia [Latin: Symphonia]); According to Marcuse, "Old Spanish for hurdy-gurdy (modern Spanish: Zanfona or Zanfoña) and also an obsolete Spanish name for bagpipe"; NB: Not encountered as such in reliable sources.

Sources

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975.

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.30 (»Marcuse), 45.